2016 WAITLIST: Catholic University Columbus School of Law Forum

[thelawschooltest]

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[Nachoo2019]

Retake.

[Mack.Hambleton]

pretty sure you made this school up

[Nachoo2019]

pretty sure you made this school up

Unfortunately it is a real law school.

[alohalaw]

pretty sure you made this school up

Unfortunately it is a real law school.

Unfortunately every aspiring law student will not be able to attend Harvard/Yale/T14.

[BirdLawExpert]

Unfortunately every aspiring law student will not be able to attend Harvard/Yale/T14.

Aspiring lawyers should have enough sense to, at the very least, seek their legal education at a school where your chance of practicing law is greater than a coin flip, or at a school where there isn't a nearly twenty percent chance they'll be unemployed a year after law school while simultaneously being saddled with, on average, $140K in student debt.

http://www.law.edu/res/docs/ABAEmployme ... duates.pdf
http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/ ... tion/2015/

You don't have to go T14 to practice law, but you definitely shouldn't go into six figure debt attending a school where they can't even guarantee you a 50-50 shot of practicing law. This is a forum that is notoriously outcome-minded and incredibly debt-averse; CUA Law is a school that the vast majority of posters here would consider a bad investment. I'm sorry if that upsets you, but that's the truth.

Now, if you want to practice Canon Law or work for the Church, then by all means attend CUA. I used to work for my Archdiocese and I have several friends who are alumni and loved it. If you want any other specific outcomes, attending CUA is worse than flipping a coin. I have one of the worst GPAs of this admissions cycle and, knowing that my GPA would only make me competitive for schools like CUA and their peers, I studied full time for the LSAT to ensure that I would be attending law school somewhere that justified the investment. If I can get into T20 schools (and receive generous scholarships), then anyone can.

tl;dr If you can't afford to take the time to increase your LSAT score, then imagine how much you can't afford to be unemployed after law school.

[Nachoo2019]

Unfortunately every aspiring law student will not be able to attend Harvard/Yale/T14.

Aspiring lawyers should have enough sense to, at the very least, seek their legal education at a school where your chance of practicing law is greater than a coin flip, or at a school where there isn't a nearly twenty percent chance they'll be unemployed a year after law school while simultaneously being saddled with, on average, $140K in student debt.

http://www.law.edu/res/docs/ABAEmployme ... duates.pdf
http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/ ... tion/2015/

You don't have to go T14 to practice law, but you definitely shouldn't go into six figure debt attending a school where they can't even guarantee you a 50-50 shot of practicing law. This is a forum that is notoriously outcome-minded and incredibly debt-averse; CUA Law is a school that the vast majority of posters here would consider a bad investment. I'm sorry if that upsets you, but that's the truth.

Now, if you want to practice Canon Law or work for the Church, then by all means attend CUA. I used to work for my Archdiocese and I have several friends who are alumni and loved it. If you want any other specific outcomes, attending CUA is worse than flipping a coin. I have one of the worst GPAs of this admissions cycle and, knowing that my GPA would only make me competitive for schools like CUA and their peers, I studied full time for the LSAT to ensure that I would be attending law school somewhere that justified the investment. If I can get into T20 schools (and receive generous scholarships), then anyone can.

tl;dr If you can't afford to take the time to increase your LSAT score, then imagine how much you can't afford to be unemployed after law school.

Thanks Bridlaw! This is definitely TCR.


Also, I'm headed to a T2 this next year not HY/T-14. I never said that's where anyone has to go. I decided to go to a regional school in the area I want to live and work with a full scholarship and my parents are covering the cost of living. You don't have to go to a top school. You just have to go to a school where you can realistically reach your goals and service debt load. CUA WILL NOT service the debt load OP will have. The only reason to attend CUA(which is a very respectable reason) is if you want to work for the church. And even then you should get a considerable scholarship.

Tl;dr you don't have to go to a top school.